Cerebral Palsy Associated With Neonatal Encephalopathy: Review of Te Rēhita a Hōkai Nukurangi Aotearoa-The New Zealand Cerebral Palsy Register (NZCPR) Data.

Background: In Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ), the cerebral palsy (CP) register (NZCPR) has collected national data since 2015. The dataset includes ethnicity and region of domicile; clinical characteristics; plus data on CP distribution and severity including GMFCS. Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) and hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) are potential causes of CP, so NZCPR data may assist prognostic counselling of whānau (family).